Do you dream of reading your unpublished writing in front of an audience? Are you a published author and want to have some fun? Do you want to come listen to our wonderful local talent in the Baynes Sound Region?
David Carpenter, who is a prolific author with 18 books of fiction and non-fiction to his name, will give a featured reading at the upcoming Fat Oyster. He has also been a book reviewer for the Globe and Mail and has published in numerous magazines. His book, The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir, was just released in February 2015 and has been chosen for CBC Radio’s CANLIT 2015 competition. He is currently writer-in-resident at the Haig-Brown Heritage House in Campbell River.
Carpenter has received critical acclaim and numerous awards for his work: Jokes for the Apocalypse was runner-up for the Lampard Award for best first work of fiction in Canada, and The Ketzer was winner of the Canadian novella contest. A Hunter’s Confession, was winner of the Book of the Year Award from St. Peter’s College.
This promises to be a fun event with some surprise authors. Please join David Carpenter on Wednesday March 11th at 7:00 pm at the Fanny Bay Hall. Doors open at 6:30. The cost is by donation at the door.
For more information about this or the Tell Your Story workshop with Bernice Friesen on March 7th, please see the Fanny Bay Hall website at: http://fannybaycommunity.com/
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